Following TMZ’s controversial reports of Lil Wayne being on his deathbed after suffering more seizures, Birdman called into Angie Martinez to set some of the facts straight. He says that he was present when Wayne had his seizure, and that they were preparing to head out to a video shoot when it happened. Birdman says from past experiences, he knew immediately to just lay Wayne down and call 911, and despite reports of Wayne having high amounts of codeine in his stomach, Baby also vehemently denies his seizures were drug related. The Cash Money boss attributes his seizures to his relentless work ethic and schedule. Currently, Birdman says Wayne is still in the hospital and has not left since being admitted on Tuesday night. He maintains that Weezy is resting up, is being watched 24/7 by doctors, and should be home in the next few days. As far as TMZ’s reports about Weezy being in a coma, Baby also says that was completely untrue.

“It didn’t have nothing to do with drugs, “Birdman tells Angie. No such thing like that. To me, it’s how he works. He works around the clock, he’s just a hard grinder for this music. But it wasn’t nothing about no drugs. He just needs to get some rest and relax. He’ll be back normal like anybody else.”

Update: Mack Maine and Birdman tweeted that Lil Wayne has been released from the hospital.

28 Responses to “Birdman Says Lil Wayne Has Been Released From the Hospital (Updated)”

I call bullshit. I’m a grad student and I know researchers that work just has hard or even harder than these rappers, and I’ve never heard of them having seizures due to being over worked. There was only one guy I’ve heard about in my lab who had a medical issue and that was because he was strung out on too much caffeine – which is a drug. So that “overworked” card doesn’t play. Drugs causes chemical imbalances in the brain which can lead to things like seizures. Being overworked should only cause fatigue – you don’t get seizures from being fatigued.

You have no clue what you’re talking about. There are studys done every day; the results from which show that stress can be INCREDIBLY detrimental to the health of someone; even more so than drug use. If someone is as overworked as Wayne; who has basically become a music making machine; I would say it’s a safe bet that he is quite stressed! Stop being an ignorant prick, and understand that just because he did/does use drugs, he cannot be sufferiing from a LEGITIMATE medical condition NOT RELATED TO DRUGS!

I can’t give credibilty to a 50 year old man with a big star tattooed on his head…

Causes of seizures
Epilepsy is a nervous system problem that causes seizures. It can develop at any age. For more information, see the topic Epilepsy.

A seizure can be a symptom of another health problem, such as:

A rapidly increasing fever (fever seizure).
An extremely low blood sugar level in a person who has diabetes.
Damage to the brain from a stroke, brain surgery, or a head injury.
Problems that have been present since birth (congenital problems).
Withdrawal from alcohol, prescription medicine, or illegal drugs.
An infection, such as meningitis or encephalitis.
A brain tumor or structural defect in the brain, such as an aneurysm.
Parasitic infections, such as tapeworm or toxoplasmosis.

Nothing to do with drugs? I find that hard to believe. Not that I expect Birdman to say anything else. There is really no need for them to put someone’s health information blast, in fact I’m not even sure if Birdman would be allowed to put his health info out there like that? But, I guess he is his guardian since he is his “dad.”

Birdman might be lying about Lil Wayne’s health because he is tiring to avoid negative press and losing money from sponsors (for tours and other events). It’s weird to me people change the way the act around when they know you can help them make millions. They don’t really treat you as a human. They treat you as a “money machine”.

I think Wayne was taken off life support. That was the release from hospital and going home. If Wayne was good, we would get a pic and message. This is all fishy biz. Can’t go from life support to all the jubilant balling described. Those violent seizures and 3 stomach pumps are deadly.

Maybe they just down playing the drug consuption. Regardless of the real reason wayne need take a couple months off. But in the hip hop arena that can cause a lost of fans and popularity. And someone can take his place.

If he was on drugs Birdman would neither admit it nor try to stop it. In fact, he’d continue providing it for him if he kept producing hits (See: B.G.) that’s his track record.

I think if he was in the hospital and the truth was as far from the sensationalism of TMZ’s report as they claim then silence would be the best weapon, just responding lends credence to it. Me thinks thou doth protest too much.